The final full ‘cold’ moon of 2020 is tonight around the world

Final full moon of 2020: The ‘Cold Moon’ peaks tonight around the world and appears in the sky for more than 15 hours

  • The final full moon of 2020 will reach the world on Tuesday evening
  • It is called the ‘cold moon’ because it appears when winter begins to dawn.
  • The full moon rises at 16:19 ET and reaches a peak at 22:30 ET
  • This full moon is also called the ‘Long Night Moon’ or ‘Moon Before Yule’.

Space is giving the earth one last gift this year – the last full moon of 2020.

The ‘cold moon’ will rise from the northeastern sky at 16:19 ET (21:19 GMT), with peak lighting on Tuesday evening at 22:30 ET (3:30 GMT).

The nickname comes from the Native American tribe Mohwaks and refers to the falling temperatures in December which means that winter has arrived.

The moon will be in the sky for more than 15 hours from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, making it the longest full moon of the year.

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The 'cold moon' will rise from the northeastern sky at 16:19 ET (21:19 GMT), with peak lighting on Tuesday evening at 22:30 ET (3:30 GMT).  Pictured is the full moon in St. Petersburg, Russia

The ‘cold moon’ will rise from the northeastern sky at 16:19 ET (21:19 GMT), with peak lighting on Tuesday evening at 22:30 ET (3:30 GMT). Pictured is the full moon in St. Petersburg, Russia

NASA’s Gordon Johnston wrote in a recent blog post: ‘This year, moonlight will interfere with the viewing of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to be active from December 28, 2020 to January 12, 2021, and will begin on the morning of January 3. 2021 reaches a peak. ‘

The last full moon of the year has different names depending on your location.

It is sometimes referred to as the Full Long Night’s Moon, which refers to ‘the midwinter night is indeed long and because the moon is long above the horizon’, according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

“The full winter moon has a high orbit over the sky because it is opposite a low sun.”

The nickname comes from the Native American tribe Mohwaks and refers to the falling temperatures in December which means that winter has arrived.  Pictured is the full moon hanging over Maryland

The nickname comes from the Native American tribe Mohwaks and refers to the falling temperatures in December which means that winter has arrived. Pictured is the full moon hanging over Maryland

Another nickname comes for European heathens who called it the moon before Yule.

This full moon was a celebration of winter solstice marking the beginning of winter.

In the southern hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed, the full December moon is often called the Earth Bay Moon, Honey Moon or Rose Moon.

Johnston notes that it can also be called the Chang’e Moon following the three successful lunar landers of China that were launched around this time of year.

“These missions get their name from the Chinese goddess of the Moon, Chang’e, who lived on the moon with her pet rabbit Yutu,” Johnston writes.

“The Chang’e 3-lander and his companion Yutu Rover were launched on December 1 and landed on the Moon on December 14, 2013.”

The moon will be in the sky for more than 15 hours from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, making it the longest full moon of the year.  The moon that falls behind a hill in Chile on the morning of December 29

The moon will be in the sky for more than 15 hours from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning, making it the longest full moon of the year. The moon that falls behind a hill in Chile on the morning of December 29

Pictured is a NASA image showing what the moon will look like on the evening of December 29

Pictured is a NASA image showing what the moon will look like on the evening of December 29

“The Chang’e 4-lander and his companion Yutu-2-rover launched on December 7, 2018 and landed on January 3, 2019.”

“The Chang’e 5-moon monster return mission was launched on November 23 (in UTC, November 24 in China’s time zone) and returned its monsters to Earth on December 16, 2020, the first moon monster of mankind since 1976.”

The moon appears full until Thursday morning and next time a full moon appears on January 28, which is called the ‘Wolf Wolf’.

SCIENTISTS DON’T AGREE ON HOW THE MOON SHAPES, BUT MANY BELIEVE IT IS THE RESULT OF AN IMPACT BETWEEN EARTH AND ANOTHER PLANET

Many scientists believe that the moon formed after the earth was hit billions of years ago by a planet the size of Mars.

This is called the giant impact hypothesis.

The theory suggests that the moon is made up of debris that remains after a collision between our planet and a body about 4.5 billion years ago.

The colliding body is sometimes called Theia, after the mythical Greek Titan, the mother of Selene, the goddess of the moon.

Many scientists believe that the moon formed after the earth was hit billions of years ago by a planet as large as Mars.  This is called the giant impact hypothesis

Many scientists believe that the moon formed after the earth was hit billions of years ago by a planet as large as Mars. This is called the giant impact hypothesis

But one mystery persisted, which was brought back from the moon by Apollo astronauts by rocks: Why do the moon and the earth look so similar?

Various theories have emerged over the years to explain the similar fingerprints of the earth and the moon.

Perhaps the impact created a large cloud of debris that mixed thoroughly with the earth and later converged to form the moon.

Or Theia might have looked chemically like the young earth.

A third possibility is that the moon formed from Earth materials, rather than from Theia, although this would have been a very unusual impact.

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